.TH "KUBERNETES" "1" " kubernetes User Manuals" "Eric Paris" "Jan 2015"  ""


.SH NAME
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kubectl annotate \- Update the annotations on a resource


.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBkubectl annotate\fP [OPTIONS]


.SH DESCRIPTION
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Update the annotations on one or more resources.

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An annotation is a key/value pair that can hold larger (compared to a label), and possibly not human\-readable, data.
It is intended to store non\-identifying auxiliary data, especially data manipulated by tools and system extensions.
If \-\-overwrite is true, then existing annotations can be overwritten, otherwise attempting to overwrite an annotation will result in an error.
If \-\-resource\-version is specified, then updates will use this resource version, otherwise the existing resource\-version will be used.

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Possible resources include (case insensitive):
  pod (po), service (svc), replicationcontroller (rc),
  node (no), event (ev), componentstatuse (cs),
  limitrange (limits), persistentvolume (pv), persistentvolumeclaim (pvc),
  horizontalpodautoscaler (hpa), resourcequota (quota), secret


.SH OPTIONS
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\fB\-\-all\fP=false
    select all resources in the namespace of the specified resource types

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\fB\-f\fP, \fB\-\-filename\fP=[]
    Filename, directory, or URL to a file identifying the resource to update the annotation

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\fB\-\-include\-extended\-apis\fP=true
    If true, include definitions of new APIs via calls to the API server. [default true]

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\fB\-\-no\-headers\fP=false
    When using the default output, don't print headers.

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\fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-output\fP=""
    Output format. One of: json|yaml|wide|name|go\-template=...|go\-template\-file=...|jsonpath=...|jsonpath\-file=... See golang template [
\[la]http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview\[ra]] and jsonpath template [
\[la]http://releases.k8s.io/HEAD/docs/user-guide/jsonpath.md\[ra]].

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\fB\-\-output\-version\fP=""
    Output the formatted object with the given group version (for ex: 'extensions/v1beta1').

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\fB\-\-overwrite\fP=false
    If true, allow annotations to be overwritten, otherwise reject annotation updates that overwrite existing annotations.

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\fB\-\-record\fP=false
    Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation.

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\fB\-R\fP, \fB\-\-recursive\fP=false
    If true, process directory recursively.

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\fB\-\-resource\-version\fP=""
    If non\-empty, the annotation update will only succeed if this is the current resource\-version for the object. Only valid when specifying a single resource.

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\fB\-l\fP, \fB\-\-selector\fP=""
    Selector (label query) to filter on

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\fB\-a\fP, \fB\-\-show\-all\fP=false
    When printing, show all resources (default hide terminated pods.)

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\fB\-\-show\-labels\fP=false
    When printing, show all labels as the last column (default hide labels column)

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\fB\-\-sort\-by\fP=""
    If non\-empty, sort list types using this field specification.  The field specification is expressed as a JSONPath expression (e.g. '{.metadata.name}'). The field in the API resource specified by this JSONPath expression must be an integer or a string.

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\fB\-\-template\fP=""
    Template string or path to template file to use when \-o=go\-template, \-o=go\-template\-file. The template format is golang templates [
\[la]http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview\[ra]].


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
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\fB\-\-alsologtostderr\fP=false
    log to standard error as well as files

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\fB\-\-api\-version\fP=""
    DEPRECATED: The API version to use when talking to the server

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\fB\-\-as\fP=""
    Username to impersonate for the operation.

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\fB\-\-certificate\-authority\fP=""
    Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.

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\fB\-\-client\-certificate\fP=""
    Path to a client certificate file for TLS.

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\fB\-\-client\-key\fP=""
    Path to a client key file for TLS.

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\fB\-\-cluster\fP=""
    The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use

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\fB\-\-context\fP=""
    The name of the kubeconfig context to use

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\fB\-\-insecure\-skip\-tls\-verify\fP=false
    If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.

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\fB\-\-kubeconfig\fP=""
    Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.

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\fB\-\-log\-backtrace\-at\fP=:0
    when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace

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\fB\-\-log\-dir\fP=""
    If non\-empty, write log files in this directory

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\fB\-\-log\-flush\-frequency\fP=5s
    Maximum number of seconds between log flushes

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\fB\-\-logtostderr\fP=true
    log to standard error instead of files

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\fB\-\-match\-server\-version\fP=false
    Require server version to match client version

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\fB\-\-namespace\fP=""
    If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.

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\fB\-\-password\fP=""
    Password for basic authentication to the API server.

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\fB\-s\fP, \fB\-\-server\fP=""
    The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

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\fB\-\-stderrthreshold\fP=2
    logs at or above this threshold go to stderr

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\fB\-\-token\fP=""
    Bearer token for authentication to the API server.

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\fB\-\-user\fP=""
    The name of the kubeconfig user to use

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\fB\-\-username\fP=""
    Username for basic authentication to the API server.

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\fB\-\-v\fP=0
    log level for V logs

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\fB\-\-vmodule\fP=
    comma\-separated list of pattern=N settings for file\-filtered logging


.SH EXAMPLE
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.RS

.nf
# Update pod 'foo' with the annotation 'description' and the value 'my frontend'.
# If the same annotation is set multiple times, only the last value will be applied
kubectl annotate pods foo description='my frontend'

# Update a pod identified by type and name in "pod.json"
kubectl annotate \-f pod.json description='my frontend'

# Update pod 'foo' with the annotation 'description' and the value 'my frontend running nginx', overwriting any existing value.
kubectl annotate \-\-overwrite pods foo description='my frontend running nginx'

# Update all pods in the namespace
kubectl annotate pods \-\-all description='my frontend running nginx'

# Update pod 'foo' only if the resource is unchanged from version 1.
kubectl annotate pods foo description='my frontend running nginx' \-\-resource\-version=1

# Update pod 'foo' by removing an annotation named 'description' if it exists.
# Does not require the \-\-overwrite flag.
kubectl annotate pods foo description\-

.fi
.RE


.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBkubectl(1)\fP,


.SH HISTORY
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January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have been automatically generated since!
